Larry Visoski

Career as Epstein’s Chief Pilot

Larry Visoski worked as Jeffrey Epstein’s primary personal pilot for approximately 27 years, beginning in the early 1990s. Over that period he piloted Epstein’s succession of private aircraft, including the Boeing 727 that became widely known as the “Lolita Express” following media reporting on Epstein’s network. His tenure gave him unparalleled access to the movements and associations of Epstein and his guests, making him one of the most significant potential witnesses to the scope of the trafficking operation.

Visoski was not merely an employee in a peripheral role. As chief pilot of Epstein’s private jet fleet, he was present at dozens of airports around the world, observed passengers boarding and deplaning, and interacted regularly with Epstein’s staff and guests. The logs he maintained and signed over decades became central documentary evidence once investigators began piecing together how Epstein’s operation functioned geographically.

The Flight Logs

Epstein’s flight logs were obtained and published by Gawker and later the Miami Herald, among others, and became one of the most referenced documents in investigative coverage of the case. The logs recorded the names of passengers accompanying Epstein on his aircraft, including many prominent individuals. For investigators, the logs provided a factual record of who traveled with Epstein, when, and to where — a timeline that could be cross-referenced against victim testimony and Epstein’s property records.

Visoski signed many of these logs in his capacity as pilot in command, giving his name formal legal significance in the documentary record of Epstein’s activities. The logs showed travel to Epstein’s various residences including his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Little Saint James, as well as New York, Palm Beach, New Mexico, and numerous international destinations.

Testimony at the Maxwell Trial

Visoski was called as a prosecution witness at the federal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell in late 2021. His testimony was significant for establishing foundational facts about Epstein’s travel patterns and the presence of young females aboard the aircraft. Under examination, he acknowledged having seen young women and girls traveling on the plane with Epstein, though he testified that he did not observe sexual activity and that he understood his role as pilot to be confined to flying the aircraft.

Defense counsel sought to use Visoski’s testimony to suggest that nothing obviously criminal was visible from the flight deck, while prosecutors used his testimony and the associated logs to establish that Epstein regularly traveled with minors to his various properties — corroborating victims’ accounts about how they came to be at those locations.

Visoski testified that he had flown many well-known individuals including politicians and public figures, though his testimony at trial focused primarily on the operational aspects of Epstein’s travel rather than on the identities of specific high-profile guests.

Significance as a Witness

For the Maxwell prosecution and the broader historical record, Visoski represented a category of Epstein employee whose observations spanned nearly three decades of the operation. His logs and testimony helped establish that the trafficking of minors was not an isolated incident but a sustained pattern that required significant logistical support — including private aviation — over many years.

His cooperation with prosecutors as a trial witness, without any apparent immunity agreement, distinguished him from the inner circle of assistants who were shielded from prosecution in 2008. His testimony contributed directly to Maxwell’s conviction on five of six counts in December 2021.